English
spoonbread
From spoon + bread.
Proto-Germanic *spēnuz ‘chip, flake, shaving’
Proto-West Germanic *spānu ‘piece of wood, chip, shaving’
Old English spōn ‘sliver, chip of wood, shaving’
Middle English spoon ‘spoon, chip of wood’
English spoon
Proto-Germanic *braudą
Proto-West Germanic *braud
Old English brēad ‘fragment’
Middle English bred ‘bread’
English bread
Today it means
noun Bread made from corn and eggs, of a soft consistency such that it is served with a spoon.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “spoonbread”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / spoonbread